EMERGENCY BRAKE
RAILWAY INNOVATION. SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE. (Our Special Reporter.) Wellington, Monday. A simple and effective method whereby passengers may in event of emergency stop trains has been introduced by the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Railway Department, M. S. Lynde. This relates to emergency application of the Westinghouse brake. In accordance with Mr Lynde’s proposals, an emergency brake cock, enclosed in a box with a thin glass front, is now being fitted in each passenger car compartment In emergency the glass may be easily broken by the passenger, and the turning of the cock applies the' brake just as effectively as would result from an application by the engine-driver. The emergency train stop cocks are connected to the engine brake pipes, which extend from the engine to the last vehicle on the train. When the cock lever is pulled down the compressed air in the train brake pipes escapes and this causes the instantaneous application of the Westinghouse brake, with its full force, to the whole train. It is also intended to introduce a form of communication cord into sleeping cars of the transverse compartment type.
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Southland Times, Issue 19939, 4 August 1926, Page 5
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187EMERGENCY BRAKE Southland Times, Issue 19939, 4 August 1926, Page 5
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